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...like a river, and it keeps flowing. Pop music suddenly seems like just a glass of tap water. Allen's song is one you'll probably never hear on the radio, never see performed on TV--except on River of Song. How much other water is unexplored? Tune in to this series and drink deep...
...London, Bill Clinton entices men to frolic with young ladies. Back at home in the British capital over the holidays, I clicked on the radio and heard a commercial open to the unmistakable beat of America's "Hail to the Chief," the tune that precedes our President on so many solemn occasions. At regular intervals, the equally unmistakable bump and grind of strip tease music, punctuated with high-pitched feminine giggles and deep male grunts, interrupted the song's stately rhythm, intimating what lay in store in a dubious London establishment. Then came another unmistakable sound--a hoarse, male voice...
Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa says he's never known a ballplayer so able to keep his eye on the task. "He has this technique that allows him to totally tune out distractions," says LaRussa, who has been McGwire's manager, in Oakland and in St. Louis, for all but 18 months of the player's 12-year career. "And he did this with the whole world watching." Fifteen minutes or so before game time, "Mark would withdraw from the clubhouse horseplay and stare into his locker. You'd see him, and you'd know he was spacing...
...round-the-world ballooning attempt by Richard Branson and his team is ever set to music, the tune for the past few days will be "First There Is a Mountain" -- both geographically and politically -- as the ICO Global balloon hovered high over the Himalayas and then briefly faced even more impenetrable obstacles from Chinese authorities, who finally relented and let them pass through their airspace. Today, continuing through the Donovan catalog, the theme song is "Catch the Wind" -- and have they ever: Now well ensconced in the jet stream over the Pacific Ocean, the balloon is moving eastward at speeds...
...final tune-up before the start of conference play, the Crimson (3-4,0-0 Ivy League) lost in a heartbreaker to Colgate, 67-63, last Friday. The Crimson's lead, which was as high as nine points in the second half, dwindled away in the last moments of the game...